I composed this little ditty Monday after spending several very happy and productive hours in the garden for the first time since my appendectomy.  With a tip of the cowboy hat (and apologies) to Gene Autry:
 
I'm back in the garden again
         Out where the sun is my friend 
         Where the monarch pillars feed
       On red-orange butterfly weed
       Back in the garden again
       Roamin' the beds once more
Even tho I'm still a little sore
I can dig and weed and prune
While to my plants I croon
       Back in the garden again
       Whoopi-ty-aye-oh
       Runnin` to and fro
       Back in the garden again
       Whoopi-ty-aye-yay
       I go my way
       Back in the garden again.
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See if you can spot the tiny monarch caterpillar on this milkweed!
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It was great to meet you at Spring Fling last weekend.